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Pikmin 3 |OT| Starvation, Slavery, and Savage Creatures in a Cute, Colorful Package
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Freezie KO
Banned
Pikmin 3: Apocalypse Now
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Yesterday,I started the game, but I had to turn it off pretty early. I guess it was so early that I hadn't even gotten to the first save point (Which is fine, I was only about 15 minutes in), and now I have to watch the whole shitty opening again.
I hate Nintendo games. Why the heck is it unskippable? I didn't even enjoy it the first time through.
EDIT: Turns out I was about ten seconds away from the save point when I turned it off. Funny, that.
Yesterday,I started the game, but I had to turn it off pretty early. I guess it was so early that I hadn't even gotten to the first save point (Which is fine, I was only about 15 minutes in), and now I have to watch the whole shitty opening again.
I hate Nintendo games. Why the heck is it unskippable? I didn't even enjoy it the first time through.
EDIT: Turns out I was about ten seconds away from the save point when I turned it off. Funny, that.
Tathanen
Get Inside Her!
Welp, should probably just quit now.
The Librarian
Banned
If you hate Nintendo games, why do you have a Wii U and are playing Pikmin 3?
I meant specifically the unskippable tutorials and cutscenes, not the games themselves.
Hmm? Is there a lot more of this kind of thing?
The Librarian
Banned
Oh no. The horror of sitting through a tutorial for twenty minutes.
shakin_haitian
Banned
Twenty minutes is almost all the game time I can manage on certain days. Twenty minutes is a lot of time.
Master Milk
Member
I can't dodge without swarm. My pikmin keep dying.
d-pad left/right. you should have found a dodge whistle by now.
Master Milk
Member
does the pad only work when you have a dodge whistle? it didn't do anything when i tried it earlier
yes you need to have the dodge whistle. but you must be sending your Pikmin on blind kamikaze missions if you don't have the whistle yet and they keep dying.
Master Milk
Member
nah, i lost a bunch fighting the first boss so i was wondering if there was some technique i wasn't using or if i was going to have to learn to live with this profound sadness after every boss battle
Well, no offense but the technique you weren't using was tactics
Be smart about how you attack if you don't wanna lose Pikmin. You'll get the dodge roll later on.
Tathanen
Get Inside Her!
It's easy to avoid damage vs the first boss if you're cautious. He'll do a little rear before any charge, and he only charges on a straight line. If you stay a safe distance from from his head, and don't try to change directions to evade, it's not hard to keep out of his way. Just remember that you're leading a group, likely a group of slow leaf Pikmin that early on, and focus on guiding their position more than your leader's position.
The dodge role (I read DOGE role every time, fuckin Internet) is a nice-to-have, but honestly I barely used it during my run. Just gotta get used to the speed of your Pikmin group, and how it tracks your leader's movement.
Finish it today. What a lovely game (pikmins genocide aside).
The last stage is nothing short of genius. Lots of deaths. Kind of ended up being insensitive about that. I feel bad.
I feel compelled to do a second playthrough just to take pictures, a lot of pictures.
A must for every WiiU owner.
The last stage is nothing short of genius. Lots of deaths. Kind of ended up being insensitive about that. I feel bad.
I feel compelled to do a second playthrough just to take pictures, a lot of pictures.
A must for every WiiU owner.
Hey guys, I'm having trouble with my motion plus aiming in this. For a while, it'll work perfectly (much better than normal IR aiming), but sometimes the targeting will get way out. How do I reset the aiming? Also, sometimes it'll automatically switch over to IR aiming, but I don't want it to and can't seem to get it to switch back to Motion Plus.
Any help would be appreciated, as it's quite frustrating :-(
Any help would be appreciated, as it's quite frustrating :-(
What?
Sorry if I didn't explain myself very well. While playing through Pikmin 3, the (motion plus) aiming will sometimes need resetting (as in, the aiming reticule will be way off screen when it shouldn't be, if you know what I mean), but I don't know how to re-calibrate the motion plus aiming.
Also, at times, the aiming will switch to standard wiimote IR aiming (the type that most Wii games used). I prefer motion plus aiming (when working properly), but don't know how to get the game to switch back to that type of aiming.
It probably still doesn't make much sense, but I don't know how to explain it differently
H2intensity
Member
I don't know if it work on pikmin 3 but on other motion plus game to calibrate you just need pres down on d-pad
Freezie KO
Banned
The bad news is that we won't get another Pikmin game for 10 years. The good news is that it'll be in 4k!
Sorry if I didn't explain myself very well. While playing through Pikmin 3, the (motion plus) aiming will sometimes need resetting (as in, the aiming reticule will be way off screen when it shouldn't be, if you know what I mean), but I don't know how to re-calibrate the motion plus aiming.
Also, at times, the aiming will switch to standard wiimote IR aiming (the type that most Wii games used). I prefer motion plus aiming (when working properly), but don't know how to get the game to switch back to that type of aiming.
It probably still doesn't make much sense, but I don't know how to explain it differently
This almost sounds like your Wiimote is broken or something.
Finished this today.
The last area was incredibly tense. Too bad the camera during the final boss was so bad, messy. It really made me miss angle and zoom options from the first two games. I guess I will try to beat the monster with less Pikmin losses before moving on. Any tips?
Oddly , I am not interested in the bonus/extra modes.
Far from perfect, but a damn good game (annoyances aside, which there are plenty).
My ranking would be: Pikmin 1 = Pikmin 3 >>>> Pikmin 2.
Edit:
Tried the GamePad controls for the first time... They feel so bad compared to Wiimote+nunchuck (I can't even defeat a Bulborb). What do you guys think? What control option did you use?
The last area was incredibly tense. Too bad the camera during the final boss was so bad, messy. It really made me miss angle and zoom options from the first two games. I guess I will try to beat the monster with less Pikmin losses before moving on. Any tips?
Oddly , I am not interested in the bonus/extra modes.
Far from perfect, but a damn good game (annoyances aside, which there are plenty).
My ranking would be: Pikmin 1 = Pikmin 3 >>>> Pikmin 2.
Edit:
Tried the GamePad controls for the first time... They feel so bad compared to Wiimote+nunchuck (I can't even defeat a Bulborb). What do you guys think? What control option did you use?
Skipping this day will make the dead boss appear in his area again. I think you need to try another day or throw another 20 Pikmins after you released the 30 ones on the photo.
IceDoesntHelp
Banned
I just restarted the day, and took the other way (the wall that needs to be bombed). Stupid boss got stuck.
Master Milk
Member
I don't understand why you can't have multiple save files in this game . . .
Make a new user account on Wii U. You get a new save file per user.
That still sucks to be honest.
But it solves the problem. Also, you can just go back to the day you want.
If you play more than 3 times it's infinitely better, I wish they did this for NSMBU
I'm surprised they used the right stick for camera control...being able to lock on helps aiming somewhat but it's still so cumbersome. Remote+nunchuk with gamepad on lap is king
I think this info is in the OP. Black Ops 2 also let you play this way. Like Kai said, there's a sensor bar around the camera.
WAIT! STOP THE PRESS!
I can play this on the pad like it's Pikmin 2 NPC with using the wiimote and the pad and not even use the tv screen?
War Peaceman
You're a big guy.
Yup. It is crazy but you can.
Well now I really want to get this!
I need to finish P2 NPC! (halfway through the debt!)
OrbitalBeard
Member
Finally started playing this today. OMG it is soooo good. The visuals are downright gorgeous and everything just feels so polished. Playing with the Wii remote and nunchuck is heavenly!
Only about two hours in and I already love this more than Pikmin 1 and 2...and I LOVED those games.
Only about two hours in and I already love this more than Pikmin 1 and 2...and I LOVED those games.
PAULINK
I microwave steaks.
My first time ever playing a pikmin game. I played gamepad all the way through (and was quite frusturated with that control scheme). Think I am going to go Wii remote this time around, I hope I can still use the gamepad for quick travel, that was my favorite part of the game.
Oh, and the hours are off by 3 or 4, had to idle when I was working.
You can use the gamepad functions at any time along with the Wii remote, it's just a case of figuring out a convenient place to put the gamepad.
Welp Pikmin 3 is in the mail getting to a shop near me so that I can pick it up in a few days...(fnac had it at 39bucks + some other offer and I can pick it up after work so I don't have to check the mail anyway)
I won't thank you just yet GAF because I really didn't want to pick it up till I finished Pikmin2.
I have till Wednesday (so really only today and tomorrow) to finish Pikmin 2....and we're playing Rayman right now so no time for P2 ;_;
Help!!
I just turned on my Wii U for the first time in months. I have had Pikmin 3 in the shrink wrap. I put in the disc and it had to do an update. When the game boots, it gets to a screen with a black border and a picture of 3 Pikmin in the middle. The Wii U freezes on this screen and never gets to the game. I have to do a hard reset at this point. I've gone and tried deleting the game update from my external storage and rebooting, but it won't let me boot the game without updating first, even if I turn the internet connection off.
Has anybody had this problem?
I just turned on my Wii U for the first time in months. I have had Pikmin 3 in the shrink wrap. I put in the disc and it had to do an update. When the game boots, it gets to a screen with a black border and a picture of 3 Pikmin in the middle. The Wii U freezes on this screen and never gets to the game. I have to do a hard reset at this point. I've gone and tried deleting the game update from my external storage and rebooting, but it won't let me boot the game without updating first, even if I turn the internet connection off.
Has anybody had this problem?
Try erasing the game's date from the console, download the latest Wii U update and then latest Pikmin 3 update and see if it works.
Metroid Killer
Member
17:22 is not your playtime, but the time on day 35 when you finished the game.
I have the latest Wii U update and have redownloaded/reinstalled the Pikmin 3 a few times now...
I have the latest Wii U update and have redownloaded/reinstalled the Pikmin 3 a few times now...
Do you use an external HDD or usb stick?